Boyd's Shop

Boyd's Shop, at 227 1st. St. W. in Kalispell in Flathead County, Montana, was built around 1910 to 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

Boyd's Shop
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	227 First St. W., Kalispell, Montana
Coordinates	48°11′50″N 114°18′58″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1910-15
Architectural style	Western false front
MPS	Kalispell MPS
NRHP reference No.	94000874[1]
Added to NRHP	August 24, 1994

It was established as a blacksmith shop, and was later shifted to welding.[2]

It has Western false front architecture.[3]

The site was part of Kalispell's Chinatown in the 1890s. A steam laundry plus a Chinese laundry and dwellings were on the lot in 1892; all buildings on the lot were burned or demolished before 1910.[3][4]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. McKay, Kathryn L. (2001). Kathryn L. McKay. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-917298-70-5.
3. Kathy McKay (May 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Boyd's Shop / Jimmy's Welding Shop / 24FH". National Park Service. Retrieved August 21, 2017. With six photos from 1992.
4. Kathy McKay (June 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic and Architectural Properties of Kalispell, Montana". National Park Service. Retrieved August 21, 2017.